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President Donald Trump ordered sweeping layoffs amid a federal government shutdown, firing dozens of special education office employees.
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New 2025 testing data shows third- through eighth-graders scored far below 2019 levels in reading. In math, some grades have made gains, but all are lagging compared to before the pandemic.
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Attorney General Russell Coleman says defending Kentucky’s regulations allowing in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants is “a losing fight” in a letter urging the state to drop the policy.
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Six 21st century learning centers run by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Appalachia will close permanently if the Trump administration doesn’t restore $87 million in frozen federal education funding to Kentucky.
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The Trump administration’s travel ban on 19 countries is affecting university students across the country, including Iranians attending the University of Louisville.
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Because of a last minute addition to the state's budget bill, public universities in Indiana have cut departments. That includes the elimination or consolidation of departments in Southern Indiana.
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Indiana University could lose hundreds of degree programs as part of compliance with an array of new laws affecting higher education that passed at the 11th hour of the legislative session.
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While enrollment has grown at Kentucky’s public universities and the Kentucky Community and Technical college system, the state has also taken a hit to two key affordability measures.
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The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Kentucky over a regulation that gives “an undocumented alien” in-state tuition if they graduated from a Kentucky high school.
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Indiana will limit available seats in its state-funded preschool program to 2,500 children next school year.
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Kentucky followed national trends of declining educational scores in 2024 following pandemic-era lows, while seeing some moderate improvements in economic well being, according to recently released KIDS COUNT data.
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Jefferson County Public Schools will offer free meals at more than 100 sites, including schools and parks, on weekdays through July 25.